Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Listen to Christopher giving a presentation on jokes and why people laugh about them. Before you listen make sure you know what the words in the box mean. Then answer the questions below. 3 A caption is text that appears below or beside an image. Most captions draw attention to something in the image that is not obvious. Captions may consist of a few words of descriptions, or several sentences. Look a the picture. Can you think of a funny caption for it? (Run out of ideas? Go to www.caption-this.com to sharpen your wit and humour!) Writing a caption. 4 2/01 at the expense of minorities to be aware of to be embarrassed funeral grave to offend What does Christopher mean by atmosphere? • What is the example he gives? • What kinds of jokes does he call “perfectly safe”? • What are the three explanations he gives • for people laughing about jokes that offend? What is the example of black humour he gives? • What does he want to prove with the example from the French film? • What happens to him at the end of the talk? • 129 1 Compact unit 1: What a laugh! Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des V rlags öbv